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Girls name meaning "happy"?

34 replies

rimsky · 07/09/2010 21:18

Hello!

Can anyone tell me of any girls names that mean "happy" or "joy"? I've found boys names that mean this but not girls!

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mathanxiety · 08/09/2010 18:18

Edith (happy -- war; spoils of war)
Felice
Jocelyn
Beata

smilingserenely · 08/09/2010 20:41

beatrice
letitia
hilary
felicity
felicia
joy
joyce
bliss
blythe

KittyBigglesworth · 08/09/2010 21:12

Ayo, supposedly means joy in Africian.
Ayotunde, African, joy has returned.
Alitza (Heb) for joy
Alitza (Heb) meaning joy/happiness
Allegra (Italian) cheerful
Emiko (Japanese) beautiful or smiling child
Etsuko (Jap) joyful child
Eudaimonia (Gk)happiness or literally well being or flourishing of the spirit.
Eurphyrosyne (Gk) joy, mirth. One of the three Graces.
Euphoria!
Felicia (Latin) Felicita - happy, lucky
In Hungarian & Polish, Zyta & Zita used as diminutives.
Felicienne (French form of above, can't do accents on this keyboard
Felicidad/e (Sp/Portuguese)
Gaius (Lat) name of a Roman family, means 'rejoice'
Gay is sometimes used as an abbreviation of Gabriel, as in Gay Byrne, Irish presenter or Gabrielle/a or Gayle.
Alternatively Gae - in its own right or as an abbreviation of Gaelle (female) or Gael (male) as in Gael Garcia Bernal (where was I?)
Gaiety or Gaiete (Fr) with accent on the last e.
Gale, Gail, Gayle,Gaelle, rejoice,joyful, happy.
The 'Ab' of Abigail doesn't necessarily mean 'father' literally, as many books interpret it to be. It is thought to have meant 'fountain' or 'source' with father having that symbolic meaning.
Gala - celebration
Ghila (Heb) for joy, also Gihla, Gil
Gioconda Italian name derived from Latin name Jecunda 'joy'
Gioia, Italian name meaning happiness
Gwyneth, Welsh for happiness or luck, though
other sources say it can mean wheat.
Hilary (Gk) meaning cheerful taken from the Latin Hilarius. Can be used by either sex. Male alternatives are: Hilaire, Hilario (!), Ilario so there are probably some girls somewhere with Hilaria and Ilaria!
Hiolair (Irish) for cheerful, happy
Joy!
Keiko, Japanese, for blessed, happy, sunny
child
Kleo (Gk) for glory as in Cleopatra, glory of the father
Lara and Larissa (Gk) meaning cheerful.
Laeta (Lat) for joy, happiness with other names, Laetitia, Letitia, Leda, Lettice, Letizia.
Mahananda (Sanskrit) great happiness
Marjoram - does not means happiness but was the herb was used as a symbol of it by the Romans and Greeks.
Merry in its own right or as diminutive of Mercedes meaning Mercy or Muriel etc
Radomila, Polish for happy favour.
Salida, Old German for joy
Shuang, Chinese for cheerful
Sukha (Sanskrit) happiness, pleasure, bliss
Titalayo - African, ever joyful!
Yoshi (Jap) prefix to many names like Yoshiko meaning fine, happy, correct
Zorione, Sp Basque, meaning happiness

Italiangreyhound · 12/09/2010 01:56

I found all these on a website, I wonder if the script will come out, let?s see!
A few mean compassion etc and obviously most have been mentioned before but there might be one or two new ones in there. Personally, I like ELLERY: Variant spelling of English unisex Hillary, meaning "joyful; happy."

  1. AHSAN (আহসান): Hindi form of Persian unisex Ehsan, meaning "compassion."
2.
  AHUILIZTLI: Nahuatl unisex name meaning "joy."
  AYO: African Yoruba unisex name meaning "joy." 
  AYODELE: African Yoruba unisex name meaning "joy has come home."
  AYOMIDE: African Yoruba unisex name meaning "my joy has arrived."
  AYOTUNDE: African Yoruba unisex name meaning "joy has returned."
  BLISS: Old English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word bliss, meaning "joy; happiness." 
  BLYTHE: Old English surname transferred to unisex forename use, derived from the word blīðe, meaning "cheerful, happy."
  BOITUMELO: African Tswana unisex name meaning "joy."
  DAYO: African Yoruba unisex name meaning "joy arrives."
  EDEN (עֵדֶן): Hebrew unisex name meaning "delight" or "place of pleasure." In the bible, this is the name of the garden in which Adam and Eve lived.
  EHSAN (احسان): Persian unisex name meaning "compassion."
  EKUNDAYO: African Yoruba unisex name meaning "sorrow becomes joy."
  ELLERY: Variant spelling of English unisex Hillary, meaning "joyful; happy." 
  FÉLICITÉ: French unisex form of Latin Felix, meaning "happy" or "lucky."
  GEZIM: Albanian unisex name meaning "joy."
  GWYNEDD: Modern Welsh unisex name derived from the name of the medieval Kingdom of Gwynedd, meaning "happiness."
  HAPPY: English unisex name derived from the vocabulary word, meaning "happy." Compare with Gay and Merry.
  HILARY: English unisex form of Latin Hilarius and Hilaria, meaning "joyful; happy." Originally, this was strictly a masculine name.
  HILLARY: Variant spelling of English unisex Hilary, meaning "joyful; happy."
  HUAN (欢): Chinese unisex name meaning "happiness."
  IHSAN (احسان): Variant spelling of Persian unisex Ehsan, meaning "compassion."
  KO (1-幸, 2-光, 3-康): Variant spelling of Japanese unisex Kou, meaning 1) "happiness," 2) "light," or "peace."
  KOU (1-幸, 2-光, 3-康): Japanese unisex name meaning 1) "happiness," 2) "light," or "peace."
  RINA: Variant spelling of Hebrew unisex Rinnah, meaning "shouting for joy." Compare with strictly feminine forms of Rina.
  RINNAH (רִנָּה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "shouting for joy." In the bible, this is the name of descendant of Judah. Although this is a masculine name in the bible, it is otherwise used primarily as a feminine name.
  1. RON (רוֹן): Hebrew unisex name meaning "joy, song." Compare with strictly masculine Ron.
  SHAFAQAT (شفقت): Arabic unisex name meaning "compassion."
  SIMCHA (שִׂמְחָה): Hebrew unisex name meaning "joy."
  YUKI (1- 幸, 2- 雪): Unisex short form of Japanese names beginning with Yuki-, meaning 1) "happiness; good fortune" and 2) "snow."
  YUKIO (1-幸雄, 2-行雄): Japanese name meaning 1) "happy hero," and "hero's going/way."
  1. ZORION: Basque unisex name meaning "happiness."
PaulineCampbellJones · 12/09/2010 08:34

Maeve and Aine are Gaelic meaning Joy/ Happiness and Praise

smilingserenely · 12/09/2010 10:14

charmian means joy

Rodger · 12/09/2010 10:25

Jolie

bytheMoonlight · 12/09/2010 18:12

Naomi

RunawayWife · 12/09/2010 18:17

Gay, Joy

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